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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords&fwp_search=R.%20K.%20Meagher

Is boredom an animal welfare concern?

Authors: R. K. Meagher

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, boredom, emotional states, exploratory behaviour, individual differences, sensation-seeking

2019

Boredom-like states in mink and their behavioural correlates: A replicate study

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Dana L. M. Campbell, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, emotional states, environmental enrichment, inactivity, neovison vison, sensation-seeking

2017

Some like it varied: Individual differences in preference for feed variety in dairy heifers

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, curiosity, foraging behaviour, individual differences, neophobia, preference

2017

Inconsistency in dairy calves’ responses to tests of fearfulness

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Dax Atkinson, Daniel M. Weary

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: fearfulness, human-animal relationship, neophobia, reliability, validity, well-being

2016

What can inactivity (in its various forms) reveal about affective states in non-human animals? A review

Authors: Carole Fureix, Rebecca Kathleen Meagher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, fear, inactivity, indicator, validation

2015

Providing ‘get-away bunks’ and other enrichments to primiparous adult female mink improves their reproductive productivity

Authors: Misha Buob, Rebecca Meagher, Lauren Dawson, Rupert Palme, Derek Haley, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bunks, cortisol, enrichments, infant mortality, mink, nursing sickness, welfare

2013

Sleeping tight or hiding in fright? The welfare implications of different subtypes of inactivity in mink

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Dana L. M. Campbell, Jamie Ahloy Dallaire, María Díez-León, Rupert Palme, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, hiding, inactivity, neovison vison

2013

Individual differences in stereotypic behaviour predict individual differences in the nature and degree of enrichment use in caged American mink

Authors: Jamie A. Dallaire, Rebecca K. Meagher, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, environmental enrichment, establishment, individual variation, motivation, stereotypic behaviour

2012

Mink with Divergent Activity Levels have Divergent Reproductive Strategies

Authors: R.K. Meagher, A. Bechard, G.J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: activity level, mink, reproductive strategies

2012

Who’s afraid of the big bad glove? Testing for fear and its correlates in mink

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Ian Duncan, Allison Bechard, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: fear, mink, reliability, reproductive success, temperament, validity, welfare

2011

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